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Squamose

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squa·mous  (skwms, skwä-) also squa·mose (-ms)
adj.
1. Covered with or formed of scales; scaly.
2. Resembling a scale or scales; thin and flat like a scale: the squamous cells of the cervix.
3. Of or relating to the thin, platelike part of the temporal bone.
[Latin squmsus, from squma, scale.]
squamous·ly adv.
squamous·ness n.
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